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Type: |
Horizontal Cave | |||
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Altitude: |
455 m | |||
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Depth: |
-22 m | |||
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Length: |
183 m | |||
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Region: |
Marmara | |||
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Province: |
Kirklareli | |||
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District: |
Kofçaz | |||
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Village: |
Çaglayik | |||
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| Location: It is located on a ridge between the Akarsu and Yazilibas Creeks; which are branches of Kocadere; 2-5 km south of the Caglayik Village; 50 km northeast of Kirklareli. It can be reached by the Kirklareli-Dereköy-Caglayik road. Two kilometers before Caglayik; a stabilized road leading to west from the Yazilibas Creek runs near to the cave. |
| Structural Properties and formation : Formed in the east-west direction; it is a passage type of cave. The entrance; resulting from the collapse of the base of a Palaeo underground creek on the marbles over the impermeable units under the Pliocene surface; is like a -12 m vertical shaft. There are stalactites; stalagmites and wall dripstones at some places. With a width ranging from 1 to 12 m; it has a very low roof. It was unable to adopt itself to the Lower Pleistocene geomorphological rejuvenescence in the region because of the impermeable schists underlying. Therefore; it has an abandoned position in respect to the streams. It is nearly dry except the waters dropping from ceiling and flowing from the narrow gallery on the northeast. |
| Research History: It was explored and mapped by MTA in 1997. |
| Findings: No remarkable form of life was observed except a few bats and cave flies. |
